Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales

F Chen, J Chen, W Huang, S Chen, X Huang, L **… - Earth-science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The 'westerlies-dominated climatic regime'(WDCR) in the present interglacial period was
proposed because precipitation/moisture variations between arid central Asia and mid …

The global monsoon across time scales: Mechanisms and outstanding issues

PX Wang, B Wang, H Cheng, J Fasullo, ZT Guo… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present paper addresses driving mechanisms of global monsoon (GM) variability and
outstanding issues in GM science. This is the second synthesis of the PAGES GM Working …

A 3,500-year tree-ring record of annual precipitation on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

B Yang, C Qin, J Wang, M He… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
An annually resolved and absolutely dated ring-width chronology spanning 4,500 y has
been constructed using subfossil, archaeological, and living-tree juniper samples from the …

Hydroclimatic changes in China and surroundings during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age: spatial patterns and possible mechanisms

J Chen, F Chen, S Feng, W Huang, J Liu… - Quaternary science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Investigating hydroclimatic changes during key periods such as the Medieval Climate
Anomaly (MCA, 1000–1300 AD) and the Little Ice Age (LIA, 1400–1900 AD) is of …

Holocene East Asian summer monsoon records in northern China and their inconsistency with Chinese stalagmite δ18O records

J Liu, J Chen, X Zhang, Y Li, Z Rao, F Chen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Monsoon precipitation over China exhibits large spatial differences. It has been found that a
significantly enhanced East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) is characterized by increased …

Holocene monsoon change and abrupt events on the western Chinese Loess Plateau as revealed by accurately dated stalagmites

L Tan, Y Li, X Wang, Y Cai, F Lin… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Here we present, to date, the highest‐resolved (~ 5 years) and most precisely dated
Holocene monsoon climate reconstruction for the western Chinese Loess Plateau based on …

The global monsoon across timescales: coherent variability of regional monsoons

PX Wang, B Wang, H Cheng, J Fasullo… - Climate of the …, 2014 - cp.copernicus.org
Monsoon has earned increasing attention from the climate community since the last century,
yet only recently have regional monsoons been recognized as a global system. It remains a …

Dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone over the western Pacific during the Little Ice Age

H Yan, W Wei, W Soon, Z An, W Zhou, Z Liu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Precipitation in low latitudes is primarily controlled by the position of the intertropical
convergence zone, which migrates from south to north seasonally. The Little Ice Age …

The Asian Summer Monsoon: Teleconnections and Forcing Mechanisms—A Review from Chinese Speleothem δ18O Records

H Zhang, Y Ait Brahim, H Li, J Zhao, G Kathayat, Y Tian… - Quaternary, 2019 - mdpi.com
Asian summer monsoon (ASM) variability significantly affects hydro-climate, and thus socio-
economics, in the East Asian region, where nearly one-third of the global population resides …

Centennial-to decadal-scale monsoon precipitation variations in the upper Hanjiang River region, China over the past 6650 years

L Tan, Y Cai, H Cheng, LR Edwards, Y Gao… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The upper Hanjiang River region is the recharge area of the middle route of South-
to-North Water Transfer Project. The region is under construction of the Hanjiang-Weihe …